Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
Devanagari script
वृद्धेनाराधितो यस्माद्धारीतेन तपस्विना । आदित्यो वार्धकहरो वृद्धादित्यस्ततः स्मृतः
Transliteration
vṛddhenārādhito yasmāddhārītena tapasvinā | ādityo vārdhakaharo vṛddhādityastataḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
Sapagkat sinamba ng tapasing si Hārīta ang Āditya habang siya’y matanda, ang Āditya na nag-aalis ng pighati ng pagtanda ay inaalala kaya bilang Vṛddhāditya.
Word by Word
वृद्धेनby the old (sage)
वृद्धेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
आराधितःwas worshipped/propitiated
आराधितः:
Kriyā (Predicative participle/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-राध् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
यस्मात्because (from which reason)
यस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); हेतु-अर्थे (causal)
हारीतेनby Hārīta
हारीतेन:
Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहारीत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
तपस्विनाby the ascetic
तपस्विना:
Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘हारीतेन’)
आदित्यःthe Sun (Āditya)
आदित्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
वार्धकहरःremover of old age
वार्धकहरः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवार्धक-हर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘आदित्यः’)
वृद्धादित्यःVṛddhāditya (Sun as remover of old age)
वृद्धादित्यः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध-आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (epithet)
ततःtherefore
ततः:
Sambandha (Logical connector/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
Formअव्यय (Adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)
स्मृतःis known/called
स्मृतः:
Kriyā (Predicative participle/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is called/remembered’
Speaker
Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Characters & Entities
H
HārītaV
VṛddhādityaĀ
Āditya (Sun)FAQs
Divine names in the Purāṇas preserve lived devotional history and proclaim the deity’s specific grace.
Kāśī’s Vṛddhāditya (Sun-shrine/tradition) is being established by name and function.
Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of Āditya is indicated.